Maximum sustainability: zero CO2!
Unique to the company now is that fossil fuels, like natural gas, will never be used again. All warmth and coldness that is needed for the cultivation is produced with a heatpump. This pump is economical in the use of energy and does not produce CO2. The heat pump runs on electricity. Amazone Amaryllis goes a step further in maximum sustainability, the pump runs completely on green energy, which means we really produce 'zero CO2'.
The heat pump produces both warmth and coldness simultaneously. The produced warmth is used in the greenhouse, while at the same time the coldness is stored in underground sources, called aquifers. In spring and summer, this water of approximately six degrees Celsius is pumped up to cool the greenhouse and the amaryllis bulbs.
The amaryllis bulbs grow in containers with a layer of clay granules of 15 cm. This cultivation-system is watertight, so that water and fertilizers are utilized optimally. The bulbs in the cultivation containers are warmed with plastic tubes, that are used for cooling in summer.
In the greenhouse a moveable cultivation-system has been installed, that secures the goal of a maximum use of surface.
In the top of the greenhouse airtreatmentboxes have been installed (so-called LBK's), that warm up the greenhouse in the winter and cool it in the summer.
Also a high pressure nebulize-installation can be found in the top of the greenhouse. Nebulization has a cooling effect and safeguards a tight humidity. The nebulize-installation, together with the LBK's, conceptualize a semi-closed greenhouse, by means of which the emission of CO2 is even more reduced.
Unique to the company now is that fossil fuels, like natural gas, will never be used again. All warmth and coldness that is needed for the cultivation is produced with a heatpump. This pump is economical in the use of energy and does not produce CO2. The heat pump runs on electricity. Amazone Amaryllis goes a step further in maximum sustainability, the pump runs completely on green energy, which means we really produce 'zero CO2'.
The heat pump produces both warmth and coldness simultaneously. The produced warmth is used in the greenhouse, while at the same time the coldness is stored in underground sources, called aquifers. In spring and summer, this water of approximately six degrees Celsius is pumped up to cool the greenhouse and the amaryllis bulbs.
The amaryllis bulbs grow in containers with a layer of clay granules of 15 cm. This cultivation-system is watertight, so that water and fertilizers are utilized optimally. The bulbs in the cultivation containers are warmed with plastic tubes, that are used for cooling in summer.
In the greenhouse a moveable cultivation-system has been installed, that secures the goal of a maximum use of surface.
In the top of the greenhouse airtreatmentboxes have been installed (so-called LBK's), that warm up the greenhouse in the winter and cool it in the summer.
Also a high pressure nebulize-installation can be found in the top of the greenhouse. Nebulization has a cooling effect and safeguards a tight humidity. The nebulize-installation, together with the LBK's, conceptualize a semi-closed greenhouse, by means of which the emission of CO2 is even more reduced.
